Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tamerlane

1 sense of tamerlane

Sense 1
Tamerlane, Tamburlaine, Timur, Timur Lenk -- (Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia (1336-1405))
       INSTANCE OF=> ruler, swayer -- (a person who rules or commands; "swayer of the universe")